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[ Tama is the natural state of matter, Raja is passion acting upon nature, and Satwa is excellence These are the three gunas or qualities of matter.]
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[ Spiritual preceptors and learned men.]
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[ Under certain limitations, gambling is allowed by Hindu law and the winner has power over the person and property of the loser. No “debts of honour” in Hindustan!]
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[ Quotations from standard works on Hindu criminal law, which in some points at least is almost as absurd as our civilized codes.]
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[ Hindus carry their money tied up in a kind of sheet which is wound round the waist and thrown over the shoulder.]